Sacramento Bee

McClatchy Newspapers, a family-owned company that publishes the Sacramento Bee and eight other dailies in California, Washington and Alaska, said it is considering going public by year-end. It said reasons for going public would be to preserve its independence and to avoid the family battles that forced the sales of other major newspaper firms.

(Reuters) - An open phone line captured a confrontation between a California woman and her boyfriend, a fire official, which may have been the woman's last moments before she was killed, the Sacramento Bee reported on Friday. Police have been searching for 55-year-old firefighter Orville "Moe" Fleming since May 1 when his live-in girlfriend, 26-year-old Sarah Douglas, was found stabbed to death at the home they shared in Sacramento. Authorities have said they...

The Sports Xchange Report: Kings acquire Aaron Brooks The Sacramento Kings have reached an agreement on a two-year deal with free agent guard Aaron Brooks, the Sacramento Bee reported Monday. Brooks tweeted "Sacramento Kings" on Monday afternoon. The deal is expected to be for about $3 million this season, the Bee reported. Brooks, 27, played in China this past season, not the NBA. In 2009-2010, he averaged 19.6 points for the Houston Rockets, but that dropped to 10.6...

Jackie Lynn Taylor , who starred as one of the Little Rascals in five of Hal Roach's " Our Gang " comedy shorts in 1934, died Monday of Alzheimer's disease in Citrus Heights, Calif., near Sacramento, the Sacramento Bee reported. She was 88. Taylor, who played Jane, was eventually replaced by Darla Hood. The child actress also appeared in two Laurel & Hardy films, "The Devil's Brother" (1933) and "Babes in Toyland" (1934), also for Roach. Later she was a host...

Federal prosecutors reportedly have decided to seek a trial for Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski in northern California. Kaczynski soon could be moved from his Montana jail cell to Sacramento, according to the Sacramento Bee, which cited federal sources.Prosecutors will seek to indict Kaczynski later this month on charges related to two killings in Sacramento, where he would stand trial. He has yet to be charged with any of the Unabomber attacks, which have killed three people and injured 23 in 18...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Kings at Nets Finding an Eastern Conference team with a winning record against the Western Conference isn't easy to do - but the Brooklyn Nets are one of the lucky few as they prepare to host the Sacramento Kings on Sunday evening. The Nets come in with a respectable 13-11 mark against West foes - joining Indiana and Miami as the only East teams with a record above .500 against the superior conference. Sacramento is coming off a 99-87 defeat in Toronto on Friday night.

The Sports Xchange Former Texans draft pick gets life in prison Former Houston Texans draft pick Keith Jerome Wright was sentenced Friday to 114 years to life, plus 120 years and eight months, in prison, for sexually assaulting a woman and robbing two men in Sacramento, Calif., last year, according to the Sacramento Bee. A jury convicted Wright, 32, on 19 felony counts related to three residential robberies in October. Wright was a defensive lineman on the Texans...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Grizzlies at Kings The surging Memphis Grizzlies have rolled off eight wins in their last nine games and four straight on the road and will look to extend their run in Sacramento, taking on the Kings on Wednesday. Memphis kicked off a three-game road swing with a 98-81 win in Portland on Tuesday, led by 23 points and 10 rebounds from Zach Randolph. The effort from Randolph was his 190th double-double as a member of the Grizzlies, moving him past former Memphis...

Dear Ann Landers: I have been reading your column for well over 20 years, first in the Philadelphia Inquirer, then the Toledo Blade and now in the Sacramento Bee. The best column you ever wrote was the Twelve Rules for a Happy Marriage. I cut it out and sent copies to each of my six married grandchildren. I then made extra copies for the three grandchildren who aren`t married yet but will be one day. I wish you would run it again, Ann. Your audience changes every few years,...

The Kings' Ron Artest backtracked Monday from his comments to teammates about retiring at season's end. Appearing via phone on an ESPN radio show, Artest insisted: "I'm not retiring." Artest said he shared his retirement thoughts with some teammates because he missed his kids. He has been indefinitely restricted to telephone and e-mail contact with his three children after a March 5 domestic dispute with wife Kimsha that resulted in Artest's arrest. "We'll assess in the context of the whole...

The Memphis Grizzlies agreed to trade guard Bonzi Wells to the Sacramento Kings for guard Bobby Jackson in a three-team deal also involving the Utah Jazz, according to reports. The trade, which cannot be finalized until Thursday, also would send Greg Ostertag from Sacramento back to Utah, where he spent nine seasons. The Jazz would send forward Curtis Borchardt and guards Kirk Snyder and Raul Lopez to Memphis, according to stories posted Friday on the Web sites of the Memphis...

The Sports Xchange New Kings owners have until '17 to build arena The NBA is giving the new Sacramento Kings ownership group a 2017 deadline to have a new arena built or risk losing the team to new owners. The Sacramento Bee reported that the group, which is led by Vivek Ranadive, must meet a series of benchmarks as part of the agreement to own the team. Its purchase of the Kings from the Maloof family for an NBA-record $535 million was finalized this week. If Ranadive's...

The Sacramento Kings suspended reserve center Olden Polynice for two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for engaging in a heated argument with coach Eddie Jordan Wednesday night. Witnesses said Polynice and Jordan argued during a second-quarter timeout. The Sacramento Bee quoted observers in the huddle as saying Polynice spat on the floor near Jordan. Polynice confirmed that he spat, but said it wasn't directed at the coach. He said he's frustrated by decreased playing time.